Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	faith_n	justify_v	object_n	6,929	5	9.3831	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41016	Sacra nemesis, the Levites scourge, or, Mercurius Britan. disciplin'd, [Mercurius] civicvs [disciplin'd] also deverse remarkable disputes and resolvs in the Assembly of Divines related, episcopacy asserted, truth righted, innocency vindicated against detraction.	Featley, Daniel, 1582-1645.	1644 (1644)	Wing F593; ESTC R2806	73,187	105

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concil._n elib_n can._n 12._o lapsi_fw-la in_fw-la haeresin_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la recurrentes_fw-la incunctanter_fw-la recipi_fw-la debent_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la iis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la den●ganda_fw-la concil._n neo._n can._n 1._o those_o that_o be_v fall_v into_o heresy_n return_v to_o the_o church_n ought_v ready_o to_o be_v receive_v repentance_n be_v not_o to_o be_v deny_v unto_o they_o presbyter_fw-la moechus_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la pelli_fw-la debet_fw-la a_o incontinent_a presbyter_n ought_v to_o be_v drive_v from_o the_o church_n conc._n la●d_n quod_fw-la non_fw-la oporteat_fw-la angelos_fw-la inu●cari_fw-la that_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o call_v upon_o angel_n and_o can._n 59_o quod_fw-la non_fw-la oporteat_fw-la libros_fw-la non_fw-la canonicos_fw-la legi_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la that_o book_n that_o be_v not_o canonical_a ought_v not_o to_o be_v read_v in_o church_n but_o our_o acute_a and_o learned_a brother_n demand_v qua_fw-la fide_fw-la 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omnibus_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la pro_fw-la maximo_fw-la et_fw-la gravissimo_fw-la capite_fw-la habetur_fw-la ut_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la summa_fw-la evangelii_fw-la posita_fw-la est_fw-la and_o quo_fw-la christianismus_fw-la fundatur_fw-la and_o in_fw-la quo_fw-la preciosus_fw-la nobilissimusqu●_z thesaurus_fw-la salutis_fw-la aeternae_fw-la unica_fw-la et_fw-la viva_fw-la cons●latio_fw-la divina_fw-la comprehenditur_fw-la this_o be_v the_o chief_a head_n of_o doctrine_n in_o which_o consist_v the_o sum_n of_o the_o whole_a gospel_n etc._o etc._o this_o excellency_n of_o the_o subject_a notwithstanding_o ought_v not_o to_o dull_v the_o edge_n of_o our_o most_o diligent_a search_n into_o it_o but_o sharpen_v it_o rather_o to_o endeavour_v so_o to_o define_v justification_n that_o we_o may_v justify_v our_o definition_n which_o we_o can_v do_v without_o distinguish_v of_o a_o threefold_a righteousness_n first_o a_o perfect_a righteousness_n but_o not_o inherent_a of_o which_o 2_o 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